A complete typescript, with editorial corrections in pencil (not in Ballard's hand), and including in draft the publisher's layout (Victor Gollancz Ltd) for the front matter.
'The Empire of the Sun' (Autograph Draft Manuscript)
Scope & Content:
Autograph draft manuscript, entitled (with a definite article at the beginning of the title) 'The Empire of the Sun'. A continuous autograph manuscript of 840 numbered sheets, here physically divided into nine files.
1. Front matter, in draft (9 sheets), to the first edition (London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1984). 2. In typescript, chapters 1-8. Sheets numbered 1-105, with publisher's editorial corrections in pencil (not in Ballard's hand).
'The Empire of the Sun' (Autograph Manuscript): 101-212
Scope & Content:
Continuation of the autograph draft manuscript, in blue ink. The sheets are ordered and numbered by the author as follows: 101-150, 151A-B, 151-182, 182 (second sheet with this number), 183-190, 191A-E, 191-212. Manuscript sheets correspond to pp. 42-84 of the first edition (London, 1984).
'The Empire of the Sun' (Autograph Manuscript): 213-310
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Continuation of the autograph draft manuscript, in blue ink. The sheets are ordered and numbered by the author as follows: 213-221, [221A], 222-245, 245 (second sheet with this number), 246-310. Manuscript sheets correspond to pp. 84-116 of the first edition (London, 1984).
'The Empire of the Sun' (Autograph Manuscript): 311-410
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Continuation of the autograph draft manuscript, in blue ink. The sheets are ordered and numbered by the author as follows: 311-317, 319, 318, 319 (second sheet with this number), 320-366, 366A, 367-383, 383A, 384-410. The manuscript sheets correspond to pp. 116-151 of the first edition (London...